One Day workshop on understanding Ansible to automate cloud provisioning, configuration management, application deployment, intra-service orchestration, and many other IT needs.
- Python 3.6 or above
- pip3
- git (any recent version)
- Create an account on GitHub (if you don't already have one)
- Fork this repository and then clone it to your machine
- You can refer this guide to understand how to fork and clone
- To install docker go to your cloned repository and run the following command
sudo prerequisites/install_docker.sh
- By the end of this workshop you will understand what is ansible and how to install it
- You will understand how to run Ad-hoc commands via Ansible
- You will understand what are Ansible Playbooks and how to write them
- You will understand what are Ansible variables and how to use them in template
- You will have installed Docker and Docker Compose on your machine via Ansible
| Time | Topics |
|---|---|
| 09:00 - 9:30 | Introduction to Git |
| 9:30 - 10:00 | What is Ansible |
| 10:00 - 10:30 | Intstalling Ansible |
| 10:30 - 11:30 | Running Ad hoc commands |
| 11:30 - 1:00 | Writing your first playbook |
| 1:00 - 2:00 | Break |
| 2:00 - 2:30 | Variables |
| 2:30 - 3:00 | Conditionals and Loops |
| 3:00 - 3:30 | Templates |
| 3:30 - 4:30 | Q & A and Wrapping Up |